Re: 5/5 Cubs (Dempster) vs. Dusty Baker's Reds (Cueto)

[Magnetic Curses]

doesn't feel like we're capable of winning again.

[Schwarber Fan]

Cubs are on their way to being easily swept in this series.

[cheapseats]

Thanks, Mike Fontenot.

[BCVM22]

That was the most Cublike 9th inning I've ever seen.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Cubs deserve this loss for their own stupidity.

[Fred Hornkohl]

TOP OF THE NINTH INNING

 

Cordero in to pitch for Cincinnati

Fontenot singled to left center field

Pie singled to left field , Fontenot to second

Ward, pinch hitting for Wood, lined out to right center field

Soriano walked , Fontenot to third, Pie to second

Fontenot out at the plate 2-1, Pie to third, Soriano to second on a wild pitch

Theriot walked

D Lee grounded out to first, unassisted

 

0 runs 2 hits 0 errors 3 men left on base

 

                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9              R  H  E
CUBS            0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0              3  9  2
Cincinnati      3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0                5  6  1

 

W: Cueto (2-3)

S: Cordero

L: Dempster (4-1)

 

T: 2:42

A: 20,289

 

Home runs:

CUBS: Soto (6)

Cincinnati: Dunn (5)

 

CUBS           IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Dempster      6.0  4  5  0  0  7  1  83
Marshall      0.7  2  0  0  0  0  0  10
Fox           0.3  0  0  0  0  1  0   8
Wood          1.0  0  0  0  0  1  0  13

 

Cincinnati     IP  H  R ER BB  K HR PIT
Cueto         6.0  6  3  3  2  8  1 108
Lincoln       1.0  0  0  0  0  0  0  12
Weathers      1.0  1  0  0  0  2  0  22
Cordero       1.0  2  0  0  2  0  0  30

[weatherdood]

If it's any consolation, the Rox have taken the lead back from the Cards 4-3

 

Pineiro's out of the game already, Villone's in, the Rox have a runner on 2nd with only 1 out

[Little Slide Rooter]

Mike Fontenot single handedly loses the game. Derrek Lee becomes an official member of the Cobs. Keeping Aramis off the DL is like keeping your ex girlfriend in your 5 just in case things dont work out with the new guy.

 

I guess we'll blow them out tommorow and lose by a pair wednesday, and hopefully the day off Thursday can end this crapfest cycle.

 

In hate this team.

 

Go Rockies.

[illiniguy]

Thanks, Mike Fontenot.

Just looking for a spot to play Ronny Cedeno. Look harder Lou.

[BigSlick]

Maybe this will be like the opposite of last year, we start off with a great april and then dwindle away into nothingness by the end of the season.

[UMFan83]

You guys need to stop complaining about a missed call at the plate. The ball beat the runner. Like Bob said, the runner will be out 99 times out of 100 in those situations. That's just the way it is. It is how baseball has been played for 100 years. Deal with it.

 

Methinks instead of complaining about a bad call, people should be complaining about the horrible baserunning.

[Schwarber Fan]

Lets recap all the breaks the Cubs got:

 

1. Griffey robs Pie

2. BS calls at 2nd, home, and first

3. Ward hits the ball about as hard as possible and makes an out.

 

That's the condensed version.

[splintersag]

God, the life of a Cub fan. ](*,)

[TruffleShuffle]

unbelievable....

 

I'm not freaking out yet, but these are some really tough losses

 

the cubs have been getting more people on base than their opponents. the reds basically did nothing on offense all night except for a couple of innings when they were helped by cubs' errors. the cubs have been leaving a lot of guys on base lately. plus one of the best hitters on the team has been out of the lineup.

 

the cubs will be fine. it's just a rough patch with poor luck, similar to the rough start to the year last year, but the cubs have more of a cushion after winning a lot in april.

[Little Slide Rooter]

If it's any consolation, the Rox have taken the lead back from the Cards 4-3

 

Pineiro's out of the game already, Villone's in, the Rox have a runner on 2nd with only 1 out

 

No surprises there. The Rockies are a better team than the Cardinals.

[Schwarber Fan]

To be fair, the rally would never have started without Fontenot.

[Sammy Sofa]

Hey, if we have Cedeno playing, Fontenot isn't there to screw up defensively and on the basepaths.

 

And he comes up in the 9th with the bases loaded and 1 out.

 

GOD FORBID WE PLAY CEDENO, RIGHT LOU?!?

Edited May 6, 2008 by Sammy Sofa

[illiniguy]

To be fair, the rally would never have started without Fontenot.

to be fair he gave them three of their runs. what did we lose by again?

[TruffleShuffle]

doesn't feel like we're capable of winning again.

 

so pretty much like may of last year, and sure enough the cubs didn't win a damn thing in 2007.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Lets recap all the breaks the Cubs got:

 

1. Griffey robs Pie

2. BS calls at 2nd, home, and first

3. Ward hits the ball about as hard as possible and makes an out.

 

That's the condensed version.

 

Griff robbed Soriano. Pie robbed Griff.

[CubsGM]

Bye Fontenot.

 

Error in the 1st.

Out at home in the 9th (Yes he should have been safe but the ball beat him by a mile)

 

He blew the game for us tonight. It should have been a 1 run game with 1 out and Lee at bat. Oh and if he didn't make that error Cubs win tonight.

 

DFA or send him to Iowa.

 

Geaux Cubs.

[Andy]

unbelievable....

 

I'm not freaking out yet, but these are some really tough losses

 

the cubs have been getting more people on base than their opponents. the reds basically did nothing on offense all night except for a couple of innings when they were helped by cubs' errors. the cubs have been leaving a lot of guys on base lately. plus one of the best hitters on the team has been out of the lineup.

 

the cubs will be fine. it's just a rough patch with poor luck, similar to the rough start to the year last year, but the cubs have more of a cushion after winning a lot in april.

I'm not going to lose it yet, but we're going to be down 8.5 if this keeps up. You know STL is going to win tonight's game.

[C.C.]

Finding ways to lose. Isn't that our motto every damn year.

[Little Slide Rooter]

To be fair, the rally would never have started without Fontenot.

 

Its just like Soriano friday. Sure, he started the rally, but if it werent for his screw up earlier, we may not have needed the rally.

[Schwarber Fan]

Lets recap all the breaks the Cubs got:

 

1. Griffey robs Pie

2. BS calls at 2nd, home, and first

3. Ward hits the ball about as hard as possible and makes an out.

 

That's the condensed version.

 

Griff robbed Soriano. Pie robbed Griff.

 

That's right.. I was thinking about Pie's bad luck lineout to deep right as well.